David Milch Quotes

Even when I'm sick and depressed, I love life.

Although we didn't have much when I was growing up in Split, Croatia, my parents always tried to ensure that my sister and I had the things we needed, and it was enough for us.

Fortune has, in the main, hitherto looked unfavourably upon me since I left home, but I begin to hope for better things. Still, in all my past distresses, one thought has consoled me - I have learned to appreciate a parent's love.

That whole generation that's gone now, that lived through the two world wars, is a great example to all of us. They knew how to live. If something bad happened, they didn't sit at home, eat Haagen-Dazs, and watch a movie.

Horrible things can happen to you, and horrible things happened to us on September 11. But if we look for love and happiness and fulfillment, we will find it.

It was terrible. 2012, no voice. I would fall to my knees and look up at God and say, 'Oh, man, this is tough. I don't know how to be a person.' And finally, I would sing some shows where the voice crapped out. There were people in the audience. I did my best. I saw that there was lots of love and support.

The kindness that's been shown to me, by doctors as well as my family and my friends, it's really saved my life.

I lost and I didn't die. I still had my health, family and people who loved me.

Where I grew up, we had enough to get by, and we had a lot of love. That took me a long way.

My family are all mad. But I got a lot of strength from them.

One thing I never worry about is money, because I have my health and my family, and I can always go back to work.

I think the No. 1 thing that helps me get through every single day is the support of my friends and my family.

There are reasons to go on living despite what horrors may come in your life. And love informs those reasons.

I might have had a tough break; but I have an awful lot to live for.

When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.

If falling into desperation worked to make things better, then I would say, 'Let's all jump into despair.' But it doesn't help. The only way to truly find meaning and fulfillment is to look at the disaster, the pain, the difficulty, and know with complete certainty that good can come from this.

Suffer not thy wrongs to shroud thy fate, But turn, my soul, to blessings which remain.

You can take what is handed to you and use it as an excuse to mess up. But I've always handled what was given to me by life. I consider myself lucky. I was never lied to. And I was loved.

I know that in life there will be sickness, devastation, disappointments, heartache - it's a given. What's not a given is the way you choose to get through it all. If you look hard enough, you can always find the bright side.

We all go through sad times, but I was brought up to be positive.

When I hear somebody say 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask 'Compared to what?'

At the end of the day, life is about being happy being who you are, and I feel like we are so blessed to have the support system and the best family to really just support each other no matter what we're going through.

Haiti is an amazing country. Even though the people there have so little, their attitudes resonate a crazy amount of love and joy. It is truly inspiring to see that. My love for the country starts with them.

I love life. I think it's fantastic. Sometimes it deals hard things, and when it deals great things, you have to seize them.

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.